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Struthiones
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(pl.) of Struthio
(2):
(n. pl.) A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.
(3):
(n. pl.) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Struthiones'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/struthiones.html. 1828.